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Bar News - June 4, 2004 Old Courthouse to Become a Museum
The historic Carroll County Courthouse was built in 1860 and will soon house the Ossipee Historical Society. IN MARCH, WHEN THE new Carroll County Courthouse opened for business in its modern facility along Route 175 in Ossipee, the old courthouse downtown closed its doors to the public after 144 years of service. Ownership of the historic former home of the Carroll County Superior Court immediately reverted back to the state from the county when the court facilities moved. Last fall the Carroll County Commissioners made a motion to approve a reversionary deed that would transfer ownership back to the county, allowing the Ossipee Historical Society to use the building as a headquarters and local history museum. The property went back to the county and the commissioners voted to approve its use as a museum on April 19. "It is a great building," says Carroll County Commissioner Marge Webster. "Much of the public has been in it at one time or another for happy or sad occasions. There’s a lot of history in that building and it deserves to be preserved for the public." Retiring Superior Court Clerk Sam Farrington agrees that there is a special quality to the old building. "I loved that old courthouse and miss it already." This spring, three local courts were consolidated from other locations within a two-mile radius of the new, brick building. The new facility now houses the Carroll County Probate Court on the first floor, the District Court of Southern Carroll County on the second floor, and the Carroll County Superior Court on the third floor. Peter Goodwin, director of the NH Bureau of Court Facilities, expects that a formal dedication for the new building will take place tentatively this month.
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